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I RE SALTATI

pizziche, tammuriate & tarantelle

This colorful musical company from Sicily was discovered by our Ghent-based violinist-explorer Wouter Vandenabeele.

I Re Saltati (whether these kings have been skipped or loosened, let's not mention that here for the time being) bring pizzica, tammuriata, tarantella and other traditional dance music from the extreme South of the Italian peninsula. When we asked them for an extra word of explanation we received this as an answer: